Racism explained to my daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)135
editions published
between
1997
and
2012
in
18
languages
and held by
1,760 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Contains a dialogue born of a conversation between the author and his ten-year-old daughter in which she questioned him about the meaning and causes of racism; and includes personal essays from four additional writers and educators who are parents as well

L'enfant de sable : roman by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)97
editions published
between
1985
and
2015
in
8
languages
and held by
1,504 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Determined to have a son after seven daughters, Hajji Ahmed names his eighth child Mohammed Ahmed, but as this child matures, she explores her true sexual identity as a woman named Zahra

La nuit sacrée : roman by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)109
editions published
between
1985
and
2014
in
14
languages
and held by
1,476 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Mohammed Ahmed, a Moroccan girl raised as a boy in order to circumvent Islamic inheritance laws regarding female children, remains deeply conflicted about her identity. In a narrative that shifts in and out of reality moving between a mysterious present and a painful past, Ben Jelloun relates the events of Ahmed's adult life. Now calling herself Zahra, she renounces her role as only son and heir after her father's death and journeys through a dreamlike Moroccan landscape. A searing allegorical portrait of North African society, The Sacred Night uses Arabic fairy tales and surrealist elements to craft a stunning and disturbing vision of protest and rebellion against the strictures of hidebound traditions governing gender roles and sexuality."--Jacket

This blinding absence of light by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)53
editions published
between
2000
and
2013
in
12
languages
and held by
1,198 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Ben Jelloun crafts a horrific real-life narrative into fiction to tell the appalling story of the desert concentration camps in which King Hassan II of Morocco held his political enemies under the most harrowing conditions

Leaving Tangier : a novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)33
editions published
between
2006
and
2011
in
6
languages
and held by
1,112 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In his new novel, award-winning, internationally bestselling author Tahar Ben Jelloun tells the story of a Moroccan brother and sister making new lives for themselves in Spain

Islam explained by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)22
editions published
between
2002
and
2012
in
4
languages
and held by
764 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
From the author of "Racism Explained to My Daughter" comes another model for teaching difficult subjects to children, using an accessible question-and-answer format

A palace in the old village : a novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)6
editions published
between
2009
and
2011
in
English
and held by
575 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Mohammed has spent the past forty years working in France. As he approaches retirement, he takes stock of his life, his devotion to Islam and to his assimilated children, and decides to return to Morocco, where he spends his life's savings building the biggest house in the village and waiting for his children and grandchildren to come be with him. A heartbreaking novel about parents and children, A Palace in the Old Village captures the sometimes stark contrasts between old and new-world values, and an immigrant's abiding pursuit of home.--From back cover

Harrouda by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)75
editions published
between
1973
and
2010
in
5
languages
and held by
502 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Belletristik : Marokko ; Roman

The last friend a novel by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)5
editions published
between
2006
and
2007
in
English
and held by
474 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Tangiers, the late 1950s. Two teenagers, Mamed and Ali, strike up an intense friendship that will last a lifetime. But lurking just beneath the surface is a deep, unspoken jealousy in danger of destroying them both. Decades later, the two friends, wiser and world-weary, offer differingaccounts of their relationship's twists and turns, from their rebellious youth spent subverting the rigid moral strictures of the day to harrowing months spent together as political prisoners, and their eventual settling into conventional family lives. Only then do the real differences between them emerge, culminating in an unimaginable and unforgettable act of betrayal." -- Jacket

Sur ma mère : roman by Tahar Ben Jelloun(
Book
)25
editions published
between
2007
and
2009
in
5
languages
and held by
370 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Het levensverhaal van de moeder van de schrijver in Marokko